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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone have tips on how to stay an interesting person to know, rather than slipping into becoming a mom who only talks about the kid(s)?

I have 1 daughter, toddler age. Sometimes it's hard for me to find stuff to talk about with people that isn't kid-related. I think it's mostly covid - travel and overseas living was a huge part of my life and identity before and i often talked about that. I also had a bigger group of friends before and had larger gatherings, which make it easier to let others lead the conversation.

Once I'm sucked into parenting conversations with other parents about kid minutiae, it feels rude to change the subject. There's always work, but I work in a field people don't find intriguing and I don't want to fall into the workaholic DC stereotype. I am a younger mom (late 20s) and most of my same age friends don't have kids. So I'm very eager to keep an identity separate from motherhood. I have many hobbies, but I don't want to bore people with those, either.

I guess I'm sensitive to this because I'd like to fancy myself a modern, dynamic woman who's still sexy and interesting, and my own mom was very absorbed in motherhood in a way that turned me off the idea at first.

Tips?
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My mom sees herself as a modern dynamic woman who never had to let becoming a mother define her and subsequently had very littler interest in being a mom. I am now a SAHM whose primary focus is my kids happiness and don't really care if that defines me. [/quote]

That's fine if it's your thing! It's just not mine.[/quote]

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